Listed are the 44 El Reno Public Schools students whose names are honored on the Memorial Stadium Monument for paying the ultimate sacrifice from service during
World War II.
The alphabetical list includes ranks and service branches:
George Haynes served in the United States Army in Korea.
James A. Jones served in the U.S. Marine Corps, 1951-1953.
PFC machine gunner in the Korean Conflict.
He was a DAV.
Born March 3, 1933. Died July 7, 2011.
LTC (Retired) AUS Joseph C. Haines Sr.
Haines entered military service on Sept. 9, 1940, when he enlisted in the New Jersey National Guard.
He entered into federal service on Sept. 16, 1940, when all of the National Guard was mobilized due to the war in Europe. He served in various enlisted roles in the Quartermaster, infantry and Cavalry units of the 44th Infantry Division, rising to the rank of corporal.
Thomas E. Pitts died at the age of 74.
He earned a number of honors while serving in the U.S. Army.
“He was my hero.” — Coe Pitts
Lt. James Warren Hurst served in the United States Air Force in World War II.
Richard M. Preno, Sergeant, U.S. Air Force.
Enlisted 1946-1949 — overseas 21 months.
Martin Conrad Peters was born in Okarche on Nov. 10, 1938.
I met him in 1959 at Jobe’s Drive-In. We decided to get married Jan. 27, 1961. I was still in high school.
We were afraid he was going to get drafted and he did in June. He went to serve his country, I stayed home and went to school. His basic training was at Fort Carson, Colo. He wrote me a letter every day. I still have every one of them.
